Improvement in bird-cages



' to give it the tubular form.

STATES 1- A EN FFICE JOHN L. FISHER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOCAROLINA FISHER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BIRD-CAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,325, dated August31, 1875; application filed January 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHNL. FISHER, of the city of Buffalo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented a Bird- Oage, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification:

The nature of this invention relates to the construction of japanned andbright-metal cages for birds, animals, &c., whereby the same are madesubstantial and cheap; and the invention consists in the details ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing accompanying and making part ofthis specification,Fignrelis alongitudinal section ofa bird-cage embodying my improvements.Fig.2 is a detail viewofthebands or tubes B, in their state, afterperforatin g and previous to drawing or otherwise forming them intocylinders. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the middle and lower bandsB, on an enlarged scale, showing the mode of locking the vertical wires0 within tubes B B. Fig. etis a longitudinal section of the lower tubeB, showing the mode of locking the ends of the vertical wires 0 withinthe tube B.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

In order to enable any one skilled in the arts to which my inventionpertains to make and use my invention, I shall proceed to describe itsconstruction and arrangement in particular.

A is the body of a cage, made of any suitable material, and in anydesired shape. It consists of the horizontal bands or tubes B B,vertical wires 0, and the base or bottom D in its principal parts, andit has all the accessories deemed essential in a first-class cage. B arethe middle and upper horizontal bands that retain the wires 0 in theirproper position. They are tubes of sheet metal, such as zinc, tin,brass, German silver, or the like, and are made of narrow stripspunched, as shown in Fig. 2, with a double row of perforations, E, andbent in such a manner that the said perforations will be exactlyopposite each other when the said strip is drawn through a draw-platehaving openings of suitable size B is the lower horizontal tube. It ismade substantially in the same manner as the middle and upper bands,except that the strip has only one row of perforations E.

In order to fasten the vertical wires 0 within the band B, which is theobject of my present invention, I bend the wires 0 at right angles neartheir lower extremity, and insert them into the band B previous toclosing it to give it a tubular form, and to rolling or otherwiseforming the cage-body. A piece of round wire, F. is now inserted intothe core of the band B, which will hold the wires in their properposition, thus discarding the usual soldering, which would afi'ect theappearance of the cage if made of bright metal, and reducing its cost ofmanufacture considerably. The wire F is left in the lower band B, andwill add materially to the strength of the cage. After the cage-bodiesare made up, as described, they are either rolled within suitablerollers to make round, or formed over suit-able blocks to make otherstyles of cages.

It will be observed that the mode of constructing the horizontal band Band the lockin g of the vertical wires O therein is applicable tojapanned as well as bright-metal cages, especially to thelatter-mentioned kind, and that no solder of any kind is required tofasten the wires, and that, therefore, a cage of fine quality and finishcan be produced.

Having thus fully described my invention, I am well aware that wireshave been fastened within tubes by inserting a key, such as shown in thePatent of J. B. Maurer, August 25, 1874, and I do not broadly claim suchas my invention; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l Inabird-cage, the combination, with the band B, of the vertical wires 0,having rightangled bends at their lower extremity, whereby they arelocked within the said band by the circular wire F, substantially asdescribed.

JOHN L. FlSHER. Witnesses:

IVIICHAEL J. STARK, J OHN B. EnMoNns.

